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G. S. STARLING. ADVERTISING STAND.

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GEORGE S. STARLING, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,794, dated August 7, 1883.

Application filed August 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom iz'; may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE STEWART STAR- LING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in AdvertisingtStands, of which the following is a specifica- 4ion. The obj ect of my invention is tofurnish an improved stand for venders7 use, so constructed that it may be conveniently folded to occupy a small compass during transportation or when not in use, and may be readily unfolded and 'placed in position for use, said stand to be provided on its outer surface with advertising spaces or panels which will be eX- posed to view when the stand is unfolded and erected.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved advertising-stand in position for use with awning. attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal vertical section of the same, the awning being removed. Fig. 4 is a horizontalv section taken con the line a: of Fig. 3, and showing the stand folded. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the awning-frame when folded. Fig. 6 is a section of the saine, taken on the line y y of Fig. 5.

The stand is preferably rectangular in form and made of light boards. A and B are the front and rear walls, respectively, and C D the end walls. These are hinged together, as shown in Fig. 4, and in order to make the outer surface of the end walls flush with the end edges of the side walls, A B, so as to give a snug appearance to the corners, the hinges c d are set back from the end edges of the walls A B a distance equal to the thickness of the walls O D, so that when the stand is folded, as in Fig. 4, the pair of diagonallyopposite hinges d c are open, and the other pair, d c', are closed, and vice versa, when the stand is unfolded.- The front wall is provided with a door, a, and the exterior of the walls is divided up by ribs b into panels or spaces to receive and display advertisements, as illustrated in Fig. '1. The ends walls, GD, are rabbeted on the inside at their upper ends, thereby forming shoulders s, to support the ends of a rectangular board, E, of the same small compass.

length and width as the interior of the stand, and by which the stand is kept rigid and in shape when unfolded for use. The top board,

E, serves as the case or counter upon which.

the venders articles for sale are displayed, and the space vunderneath the board E, accessible through' the door a, serves as temporary store-room for his goods, while the panels on the exterior display advertisements ofthe merv chandise of various other persons and rms.

In the middle of each of the rabbeted upper board E have grooves cut across them in line with the said sockets. The awning-frame F is rectangular or of shape and size corresponding with the body of the stand, and is made of a light rod, to which is hinged at f, at each end ofthe frame F, the aforesaid light bracket G, in such a manner that the said bracket can be folded down upon the said frame F, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the frame, when thus folded, will occupy comparatively only avery The ends or post-s g of the brackets G are bent, as yin Fig. 5, to support the canvas K at a suitable inclination toward the board E, as shown in Fig. 2.

I am aware of a patent for a similar purpose as mine, issuedv to one Davis, May 28, 1872,

and I lay no claim to anything shown in the said patent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patentl. A foldable vending-stand formed of the combination of the walls A B C D, having advertising panels or spaces, the connectinghinges c d c d, and the top board, E, fitting within the said walls when unfolded, substantially as and for the purpose set forth..

2. The combination of the folding walls A B C D and the top board, E, supported by and fitting within the said walls when unfolded with the awning-frame F, having hinged end brackets,G, foldable upon the said frame, the said walls being provided with sockets e, to receive the posts g ofthe awning-frame,'sub stantially -as herein set forth.

3. A vending-stand formed of the walls A B C D, connected together by xnges c d c d', my nvention I have signed my name, in presas shown, and the top board, E, fitting and ence of two Witnesses, this-9th day of August, supported by shoulders s Within the said Walls 1882.

when unfolded, in combination with a detaoh- GEORGE STEWART STARLING, able awning-frame, F G, substantially as here- W'tnesses: t

inbefore set forth. FRANCIS G. BOWEN,

In testimony that claim the foregoing -as A. V. ALMQVIST. 

